Context

Hatespeech
Franz Kapfer 

Video

Please note that this video is available in German.

As a contribution to the exhibition Europe: Ancient Future, an installation by Franz Kapfer entitled At my back, the ruins of Europe is shown in the basement of the house. The room is only sparsely lit, rusty chains and wooden shields are hanging from the ceiling. The shields are showing symbols of right-wing extremist movements, they cast their shadows on the wall and unfold a menace that raises questions about the cohesion of the European community. 

In the performance Hatespeech, the artist himself enters into an interplay with the installation and extends his research on right-wing ideologies within Europe through an examination of the linguistic slogans and hate messages of the various movements.

Franz Kapfer (*1971 Fürstenfeld, lives in Vienna) exhibited at Expo 2000, Hanover; Atelier Augarten, Vienna; Salzburger Kunstverein; Oberes Belvedere, Vienna; Kunstpavillon Innsbruck; Busan Biennial and Kiew Biennial.

More contributions

Diedrich Diederichsen
Vortrag 

Video

On the basis of his contribution to the publication, conceived against the backdrop of Poledna’s film produced in Los Angeles in the summer of 2024 especially for the exhibition at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Diederichsen will discuss and present Mathias Poledna’s artistic career with references to music and art history as well as pop culture.

Diedrich Diederichsen

Karel Císař
Lecture 

Video

In this lecture, Císař will explore Mathias Poledna’s career and artistic practice against the backdrop of the current exhibition, which can also be understood as a kind of retrospective. 

Karel Císař – Lecture

Mathias Poledna
Exhibition Tour 

Slide show

Mathias Poledna has created a complex, multi-layered body of work in which films, expansive installations and architectural interventions are in constant dialog with each other, where independent series of works, found objects and ephemeral materials all condense to form a singular artistic language. Central to his practice are questions of modernity, cultural memory and the visual imaginary in art and popular culture.

Ausstellungsrundgang Mathias Poledna

STAGES
Jakob Kolb aka On Bells

Video

The STAGES format is as radical as it is simple. HALLE FÜRKUNST Steiermark offers a platform for artists from the immediate vicinity for the duration of an evening. The exhibition hall is intended to… 

Stages Jakob Kolb

Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair
Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann Slattery 

Video

The performance Total Romance: Partial Repair is the centerpiece of Isabel Lewis and Dirk Bell’s joint exhibition Ever/​Repair at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, and is performed by four performers. In… 

Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann Slattery